Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

Kong Hao then asked, "Senior Engineer, what is the current status of the research and development of coal-fired steam engines?"

The senior engineer next to him came back from Niu Niu Country. He wore glasses and was very gentle. He was a rare mechanical expert. He pushed his glasses and said with some embarrassment:

"General Counsel, our current arsenal's industrial technology capabilities are limited. It is very difficult to develop a satisfactory steam engine."

"At present, our project team is too short-staffed and we cannot produce the expected samples in a short period of time."

Kong Hao was actually very clear about the difficulties encountered in the development of the steam engine. He was indeed too impatient, but this involved the future development plan of the Eighth Route Army base, so he had to persevere no matter how difficult and how large the investment was.

China has a lot to lose in terms of industrialization, especially during the First Industrial Revolution. All countries were carrying out large-scale mechanized production, while we were still mainly based on handicrafts.

They barely managed to carry out the Westernization Movement, which was just to import a large number of machinery and equipment from abroad, build corresponding factories, and produce some simple industrial products. They knew the results but not the reasons.

Once there is any disturbance in the country, or armed intervention by powerful foreign forces, everything on the surface will come to nothing.

Especially in the past twenty years or so, the whole of China has been adopting the idea that it is better to buy than to make, and the production and research of basic equipment are even worse than during the Qing Dynasty.

The most direct evidence is that when the Qing Dynasty was still in existence, we were still able to build warships and artillery of various calibers, and our firearms were not much behind.

But when the Japanese invaded, the major arsenals across the country had difficulty even producing mountain cannons, let alone now, the most they can produce are mortars.

The German-equipped division that the master of micro-management had spent so much effort and exhausted the national treasury to build was also destroyed in Shanghai, and the Wu Fu Defense Line that was built at a huge cost became a decoration, which made everyone curse.

If time could go back to ten years ago, when the Nationalist government invested the funds in military research and produced more light machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars and mountain artillery, it would be unknown whether the Japanese could have penetrated.

But there is no "if" in reality. The Eighth Route Army made up for what China had missed before. It didn't matter if they missed the first revolution. They just started research and development from the steam engine.

Kong Hao has the system, which means that China has the biggest BUG in the world. As long as he has enough merits, he can have any advanced equipment he wants in the future.

The most critical thing now is that the Eighth Route Army is seriously short of industrial talents. Not only skilled technical workers, but also a large number of technicians and engineers, and even scientists, many highly educated scientists.

This kind of thing cannot be rushed. It requires steady and smooth progress, step by step. Otherwise, even if Kong Hao develops the most advanced production line, it will not have much effect in the end.

Only when the overall quality of all Chinese people is improved and everyone's strength is combined, can China stand on top of the world again.

Kong Hao thought carefully for a while, and finally said in a deep voice:

"When making this kind of thing, we don't have to benchmark against the latest foreign equipment. We can lower the design standards. As long as it works, even if it's an outdated product from decades ago, it's fine."

"In addition, we don't need particularly good materials. It will be enough if it can be used for about three to five years. At worst, we can just start production again when we have more money."

"After developing something, technicians should summarize it more and iterate quickly to prepare technology for future research on more advanced equipment."

After he finished speaking, he took out a piece of information, which was specially exchanged from the system. It was a process document obtained after calculation by the system based on the current actual situation of the arsenal.

This is a new feature that was only available after the system was upgraded. It allows users to exchange a small amount of merit for various technical data. Of course, this is only limited to data before September 1945, 9. If the time limit is exceeded, other conditions need to be activated before the exchange.

Kong Hao specifically asked the system, and the answer he got was: "The system level is insufficient, and there is no authority to answer."

Hearing this, he felt relieved. In fact, given the current conditions of the Eighth Route Army, the current technology was completely beyond their capabilities. Even if they could barely exchange for a tank production line, they probably wouldn't be able to operate it.

Another use of the system is that Kong Hao can make a request, and the system will work out the most suitable process for the arsenal based on the existing conditions, and also provide relevant technical documents, which is very worry-free.

With this plug-in, no matter how big the technical difficulties the arsenal encounters in the future, Kong Hao will be able to solve them easily. After all, there is nothing that the system cannot handle.

Of course, he would not interfere too much in such matters, especially after the arsenal was fully on track, Kong Hao did not want others to become overly dependent on him.

Sometimes it is best for everyone to work together to find ways to solve a problem. If everything depends on one person, it will seriously affect the subjective initiative of most people, which is not a good thing for China's future industrialization.

However, the industrial strength of the arsenal is still extremely weak and needs careful care. It is a good thing to pay more attention and provide more support, and let everyone play freely when the time is right.

In fact, the bicycle production in the arsenal was a good start. Kong Hao did not interfere at all, and the relevant technicians also produced simple bicycles. This is an improvement, a very gratifying improvement.

The wisdom of the Chinese nation is no less than that of other nations. The reason why it has fallen into decline in the past hundred years is just the result of a great era of change. Once we seize the opportunity, it will definitely shock the entire planet in the future.

Engineer Gao took the document and looked at it. His eyes lit up immediately. After a while, when he closed the document, he said excitedly:

"Chief Consultant, if this is the case, then there will be no problem at all. Just give our project team one month, no, just twenty days, and we can come up with a corresponding prototype for testing."

"Well, Mr. Gao, I'll wait for your good news."

At this point, most of the things had been explained, and Director Ren announced the end of the meeting. Everyone could get back to their work.

After saying that, he and the political commissar stood up and left the meeting room. Political Commissar Qin was going to keep an eye on the new production line. If he was tired, he would sleep on the construction site. He was also going to inspect the operation of the night shifts on other production lines.

It's not about supervising whether the people there are lazy. Now all the people in the arsenal are very motivated at work, and there is no such thing as cheating.

On the contrary, some key positions often work overtime. According to regulations, they should work in three shifts, but if there is a shortage of staff, they basically work in two shifts.

There are also many ordinary workers who do not go home even after get off work, but will help at their original workstations. After all, two people are always more efficient than one person. This is also the reason why the daily output of bullets and firearms production lines continues to set new records.

Of course, there are also a large number of technical personnel who, except for eating, stay in the office or factory doing research all the time. They only find a place to rest when they are really sleepy, and continue working after waking up.